Wildfires

Wildfires in Portugal

One firefighter dead, 6 hurt in wildfire in a remote and hilly region in Portugal. Information was not immediately available about what happened to the firefighters sent on Thursday to put out a fire in the municipality of Tondela, in north central Portugal.

Numerous fires have broken out in three regions of north central and northern Portugal in recent days, and 700 firefighters are battling the blazes.

Significant Wildfires Burning in the Western US

Fifty large wildfires burned un-contained Thursday in the U.S.

Notable fires, with location, containment, size, fuel, personnel and cost to date:

—Rim, Stanislaus National Forest, Calif.; 2 percent contained, 84 square miles, timber and brush, 1,356 personnel, $2.8 million.

—Lolo Creek Complex, outside Lolo, Mont.; 0 percent contained, 14.8 square miles, timber and grass, 508 personnel, $805,000.

—Government Flat Complex, outside The Dalles, Ore.; 15 percent contained, 17 square miles, timber and grass, 853 personnel, $4.6 million.

—Beaver Creek , outside Sun Valley, Idaho; 47 percent contained, 172 square miles, timber and brush, 1,721 personnel, $16.6 million.

—American, Tahoe National Forest, Calif.; 60 percent contained, 26 square miles, timber, 1,866 personnel, $14.5 million.

—Eagle, Okanogan/Wenatchee National Forest, Wash.; 10 percent contained, 1.2 square miles, 596 personnel, $1 million.

—Spring Peak, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nev.; 68 percent contained, 22 square miles, pinyon pine, juniper and brush; 270 personnel, $1 million.

—Mississippi, outside Delta; containment not available, 105 square miles, timber brush and grass; 335 personnel, $4.4 million.